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TUCK BOX
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A box for storing eatables (especially at boarding school)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("tuck box" is a kind of...):
box (a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)